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Burning Chariots return almost unchanged, losing a bit of movement in exchange for gaining T8. Their special rule turns off the benefits of cover for an enemy unit that they hit until the end of the phase. This is an odd choice, given that Flamers, Exalted Flamers, and Burning Chariots already ignore cover. Brimstone Horrors are an AoS thing (they did not appear in the 8th Edition book or supplements nor End Times material). So if they are included...it will be hilarious to see some of the flip flopping from some of the disgruntled posters on this forum when the topic is brought up.
Warp Rifts will be familiar to anyone who used daemonic deepstrike shenanigans in 9th Edition, although those shenanigans are returning in a simplified and generally weaker form. Warp Rifts means that whenever you are set up wholly within your army’s Shadow Of Chaos using the Deep Strike rule, you can set up 6” away from the enemy instead of 9” away. No Mercy, No Respite secondaries are probably going to make more sense with a Nurgle-heavy army where Grind Them Down can benefit large plaguebearer squads that are hard to remove, or large units of Horrors that can split models and be a chore to grind through, making it likely you can score points for Grind Them Down on a smaller number of kills. Your game plan already relies on killing more units than your opponent most games, anyways. Thin Their Ranks isn’t liable to be something you’ll look at and is really more something you want to make sure you’re not giving up inadvertently – taking 90 pink horrors with splitting is going to make this one a no-brainer against you. While We Stand, We Fight isn’t likely to be a good play, since it’s most often going to double-reward an opponent for killing your greater daemons. I already have 5 Blue horrors from the chariot kit and will be getting 2 boxes of Blue, which give my 25 Blues
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Looking to get up close and personal with the enemy? Denizens Of The Warp has you covered. This stratagem allows you to Deep Strike a mere 3” away from the enemy, with the restriction that you can’t charge that turn. This will come in handy for sniping vulnerable units with Tzeentch Flamers, or flipping an objective with some OC2 or OC3 Plaguebearers. And even if it did work, the Loci bubble only affects model from the formation, which Blues are not part of.
This multi-part plastic kit contains the components necessary to assemble a squad of 5 Custodian Wardens. Easily recognised by the ceremonial robes they wear over their auramite armour, they’re typically splendid to behold – as with all Adeptus Custodes, every surface of their armour is absolutely covered in beautiful sculpted details, with gemstones, eagles, lightning bolts and filigree wherever you look. Each is armed with a choice of either guardian spear or castellan axe, with 5 of each supplied in the kit. The helmets, helmet plumes and thigh plates in the kit are interchangeable, allowing your Wardens to be unique. As a fluffy player/hobbyist first and foremost, I welcome this unexpected change to the game with open, flailing arms, even as I reveled in the deliciousness of it its return in Silver Tower. I also wildly enjoy the expansion of that daemonic lore with the inclusion of the Brimstone Horrors to the splitting chain of these Tzeentchian beasties. Setting this fluffy satisfaction aside, I initially found myself agreeing with the all-too appropriate horror that these rules immediately evoked from the player base, particularly the tournament crowd. In games of Age of Sigmar, the Blue Horrors are part of a warscroll called Horrors of Tzeentch (mixed) and costs 215pts for 10 models. You can actually have pink, blue and brimstone models in this unit if you wish from the start. You can also choose wether you want the Split and Split Again rule or a different rule called Petty Vengeance. Petty Vengeance gives you a roll each time a model in the unit is slain, the D6 roll required depends on the kind of horror, pass the Petty Vengeance test and you inflict a mortal wound on an enemy within 1″. I think I’ll keep my Blue Horrors off the table and Split my Pink Horrors into Blues when they suffer damage. Finally there’s Warpcraft, which focuses on Pyskers. Although Daemons have cheap Psykers and the ability to take more thanks to Horrors, Psychic Actions can only be done by CHARACTERS, and because those are all in the HQ slot and powerful units, you’ll want them casting psychic powers and smiting rather than spending their psychic phases on actions. The big downside here is Abhor the Witch, which is going to be used against you in almost every game you come up against an army with no psykers, and will typically be combined with Assassinate/Bring It Down to make each Greater Daemon kill worth an insane 8 Victory Points, and that’s for killing a unit that can’t be protected by Look Out, Sir and was already part of your opponent’s game plan. It’s not quite reason enough to not take Greater Daemons, but it makes taking exactly three of them kind of awkward, meaning you may want to conisder going all in and bringing more (or other big things).Chaos Space Marines • Havocs • Chosen • Chaos Terminators • Possessed • Greater Possessed • Khorne Berzerkers • Plague Marines • Noise Marines • Rubric Marines • Obliterators • Mutilators • Chaos Spawn • Fallen Angels • Noxious Blightbringer • Foul Blightspawn • Biologus Putrifier • Blightlord Terminators • Deathshroud Blazing Squealers - These Exalted Pink Horrors are living conduits to the realm of Tzeentch, channelling volatile warpfire directly from his dark abode, the Realm of the Sorcerer. [4]
We can’t go deep on every option, but these are a few more things you might want to think about when building armies.: Army construction has changed significantly in 9th edition, making soup lists much more costly and difficult to create. For Chaos Daemons this means that monofaction lists will probably have more CP to work with than they did in 8th, but soup lists will feel the costs, and lists are more likely to use two detachments (a Battalion + a Patrol) rather than three. Additionally, HQs have become a real problem, since most lists will want more HQs than a standard Battatlion detachment allows. Chaos Lord • Exalted Champion • Chaos Champion • Aspiring Champion • Sorcerer Lord • Daemon Prince • Daemon Prince of Nurgle • Daemon Prince of Tzeentch • Death Guard Lord What is more likely is that some Pinks get split into Blues, then the enemy focuses fire on the BluesAlternatively, any given Horror might explode in a cloud of chromatic energy, causing anything nearby to mutate from the raw magic of Chaos. [2a] Notable Daemonette Regiments [ ] So many people (including myself) keep forgetting that the Loci bubble rule does NOT apply to the Locus of Creation. The Loci bubble applies to 3 specific Loci listed in its rule The Blue Horrors special rule of 6 th and 7 th edition 40k that these new rules replace, was woefully inadequate to the task of representing this unique feature of Pink Horrors. In point of fact, it rarely did anything, as the rule simply allowed for extra, very weak, hits upon enemies that had slain the Pink Horrors in assault. In all my years of playing Chaos Daemons in these editions of 40k, I’ve never seen an opponent utilize this rule, and even I, found it a chore to remember (and when I did, it never mattered). The big winners here are Daemonettes, who went up only one point and at 7ppm are a good deal, and Nurglings, who appear to be unchanged at 18 points per model. I say “appear” because they are listed at 20 points per model under the Death Guard section of the Munitorum Field Manual and while it seems insane to suggest that might be the real cost, there’s a chance GW could change either entry in an upcoming FAQ. So be aware that you may need 6-20 points to free up for Nurglings. Even at 20 points however, Nurglings are a steal in this edition with their ability to be on top of objectives before the game starts and how annoying they can be to kill, drawing big firepower away from other units and being weirdly more resilient to Blast weapons than other options. Bloodthirster • Bloodmaster • Rendmaster • Sacred Executioner • Skullmaster • Bloodletter • Bloodcrusher • Blood Slaughterer • Brass Scorpion • Flesh Hound • Juggernaut • Blood Throne • Skull Cannon • Skull Altar
Keeper of Secrets • Daemonette • Infernal Enrapturess • Seeker Chariot • Fiend • Steed • Seeker • Hate-Angel • Contorted Epitome Overall Chaos Daemons did pretty well in the points adjustment! I was probably a bit too harsh on them in our original assessment of factions immediately following our review of the Munitorum Field Manual points update. The real question is how they play. HQ: Lord of Change w/Baleful Sword Exalted (-1 CP), Powers: Infernal Gateway, Bolt of Change, Gaze of Fate Daemon Prince • Furies • Soul Grinder • Daemon Engine • Daemonic Herald • Chaos Spawn • Chaos Beast • Mutalith Vortex Beast • Brute • Shrike • Behemoth • Imp With all of that out of the way, let’s dive into the datasheets. To make this section easier to follow, we’ll break down the units by their respective Gods. Unmarked Units
Burning Chariot of Tzeentch - Disc of Tzeentch - Flamer of Tzeentch ( Exalted) - Herald of Tzeentch - Horror of Tzeentch ( Blue - Brimstone - Pink) - Lord of Change ( Exalted) - Screamer of Tzeentch
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